Device for holding corners of blotting or other sheets upon desks, &amp;c.



No. 644,349. Patented Feb. 27,1900.

L. w. CUTTING.

DEVICE FOR HOLDING CORNERS OF BLOTTING OR OTHER SHEETS UPON DESKS, 810.

(Application filed Dec. 13, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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DEVICE FOR HOLDING CORNERS OF BLOTTING OR OTHER SHEETS UPON DESKS, 8L0.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 644,349, dated February 27, 1900.

Application filed December 13, 1899. Serial No. 740,216- (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS W. CUTTING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Arlington, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improved Device for Holding the Corners of Blotting or other Sheets upon Desks and otherSurfaces, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has for its object to provide a neat, simple, and inexpensive device to be permanently secured to a desk, table, or other surface for holding down thereon the corners of a sheet or sheets of blotting-paper or other material, whereby the turning up of said corners is effectually prevented and the sheet at the same time held securely in place.

To this end my invention consists in a corner-plate provided at the edges of its two sides, which form a right angle, with downwardly-extending flanges, whereby the plate is raised from the desk or surface to form a socket for the reception of the corner of the sheet to be held, said plate having a hole at its vertex for the reception of an attaching screw or pin and means for preventing lateral movement of the plate around said screw or pin, as hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is aview of the portion of a desk, showing a blotter sheet secured in place thereon by means of my corner-plates. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one of my corner-plates. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the same inverted. Fig. 4 is an enlarged section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1.

In the said drawings, A represents the top of a desk, and B a sheet of blotting-paper, the corners of which are held down thereon by being slipped under four corner-holders O O C 0. Each of these holders consists of a plate, preferably composed of metal and having its edges and corners rounded oflf smoothly, as shown, to facilitate the passage thereover of papers or other objects without liability of catching against the same, the upper surface of the plate being preferably made perfectly smooth and polished or plated to render it ornamental. I preferably make this plate of sector shape, as shown; but it may be made in the form of a triangle, if desired. On the under side of the plate 0, at the edges of its two straight sides a a, which form a right angle, are formed integral with the plate downwardly-extending flanges b b, which rest on the desk or other surface and serve to raise the plate above the same sufficiently to form an angular socket c for the reception of the corner of the sheet B, which when slipped therein, as shown in Fig. 1, is held securely in place and all liability of its turning up and catching the coat-sleeve or other object thus prevented. This turning up of the corners of blotting and other sheets laid upon a desk or table has heretofore been a source of constant annoyance, which is entirely overcome by the employment of the above-described corner plate or socket, which may be made, if desired, to hold the corners of several sheets placed one upon the other.

Near the vertex or junction of the sides a a of the plate 0 is formed a countersunk hole cl for the reception of an attaching screw or pin f, Fig. 1, which is inserted into the desk A, the plate being further permanently secured in place and prevented from moving'sidewise on the screw 01 as a center by sharp-pointed spurs g g, projecting downwardly from the flanges b b and adapted to penetrate the desk top or table. As the inner edges of the flanges b b only extend as far as the shoulder h, a small triangular portion should be cut off from the corner of the blotter or sheet B before inserting it under the plate 0, so that the sides of the sheet may be enabled to fit squarely against the inner sides of the flanges b b, as desired.

When the corner-plates O are in place, the blotter or other sheet will lie flat and smoothly upon the desk or table and will be securely held at the corners in such manner that it can be easily removed for cleaning or other purposes by simply slipping the corners out from under the plates 0, after which it can, if desired, be replaced with equal facility.

The abovedescribed holder is neat, simple, and inexpensive, as well as ornamental, and fills a much-desired want in offices, banks, and other places where blottingsheets are extensively used.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The herein-described corner holder for pa per sheets, consisting of a sector-shaped plate having two straight sides forming a right angle, and provided on said sides with downand prevent it from turning on the attaching Wardlyextending flanges, whereby the plate screw or pin, substantially as described. [0 is raised to form a socketfor the reception of fitness my hand this 9th day of December, the corner of the sheet to be held, said plate A. D. 1899.

5 having a hole near its vertex for an attaching LOUIS W. CUTTING.

screw or pin, and pointed spurs on its under In presence of side at the edges, adapted to penetrate the l P. E. TESOHEMACHER, adjacent surface to thereby steady the plate ROSE M. RILEY. 

